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TRANSFORMISM

Definition: TRANSFORMISM

TRANSFORMISM

Noun

1. The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Transformism \Trans*form"ism\, noun. [French expression transformisme.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: TRANSFORMISM

Non-English Usage: "TRANSFORMISM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (transformism).

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Modern Translation: TRANSFORMISM

Language Translations for "TRANSFORMISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

трансформизъм. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ansformismtray

   

Romanian

  

transformism. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TRANSFORMISM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-m-m-n-o-r-r-s-s-t"

-2 letters: rainstorms, transforms.

-3 letters: mortmains, rainstorm, transform.

-4 letters: amorists, arsonist, atomisms, formants, misforms, mortmain, ramiform, stasimon, transoms.

-5 letters: amorist, aorists, aristos, aroints, atomism, fantoms, firmans, forints, formant, formats, frisson, informs, insofar, instars, maftirs, manitos, marmots, marrons, martins, matrons, mimosas, misform, missort, monisms, monists, mortars, nomisms, ramsons, ransoms, rations, santims, santirs, sartors, satoris, strains, transom, triform.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-i-m-m-n-o-r-r-s-s-t"
 

+3 letters: ferromagnetisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TRANSFORMISM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 52 41 4E 53 46 4F 52 4D 49 53 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-.    .-    -.    ...    ..-.    ---    .-.    --    ..    ...    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01010010 01000001 01001110 01010011 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001101 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#82 &#65 &#78 &#83 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#77 &#73 &#83 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0052 0041 004E 0053 0046 004F 0052 004D 0049 0053 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

545235485340495247435347

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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